Circle of Justice is a kind of healing system, instead of going to jail, those who commited a crime and wanted to become better persons, decided to spend a year in a desert island, where they do some rituals, and have enough time to reflect on themselves an the reasons they had to be mean. After a year there, eventually they come out better, with a new philosophy of life.
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